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D#dim Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Sharp Diminished (Charts)

D#dim chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as d#dim chord, d#dim guitar chord and how to play D#dim.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

D#dim chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionD#dim Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 1, G fret 2, B fret 4, high e fret 2.××1243x x 1 2 4 2
Easy 4-string version
x x 1 2 4 2
D#dim chord diagram, Movable shape (6th fret)D#dim Movable shape (6th fret): low E muted, A fret 6, D fret 7, G fret 8, B fret 7, high e muted.6fr×1243×x 6 7 8 7 x
Movable shape (6th fret)
x 6 7 8 7 x
D#dim chord diagram, Movable shape (10th fret)D#dim Movable shape (10th fret): low E muted, A muted, D fret 13, G fret 11, B fret 10, high e fret 11.10fr××4213x x 13 11 10 11
Movable shape (10th fret)
x x 13 11 10 11

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play D#dim (D sharp diminished) on guitar, play x x 1 2 4 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the easy 4-string version shape). The chord contains D#, F#, A. If that is hard, use the easier shape x 6 7 8 7 x, which needs 4 fretted notes.

D#dim chord facts

Chord D#dim (D sharp diminished)
Other names D#°, D#dim triad, Ebdim (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes D#, F#, A
Intervals D# (root), F# (minor 3rd), A (diminished 5th)
Formula 1-b3-b5
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play D#dim on guitar?

The main shape is x x 1 2 4 2 (Easy 4-string version). Finger by finger: